Welcome to Camp Wayback—where the campfire is always burning, the VHS tapes are always rewound, and growing up is completely optional.

For our very first episode, we’re settling one of the most important questions imaginable: If you could build the ultimate ’80s movie using characters from ANY movie of the decade… who would you draft?

We’re assembling our dream movies one pick at a time, drafting the hero, leading lady, villain, mentor, and sidekickfrom the greatest decade in movie history. From action icons and horror legends to teenage heroes, martial arts villains, lovable weirdos, and characters who have absolutely no business appearing in the same movie together, nobody from the 1980s is off limits.

And once the draft is over? We have to figure out what kind of ridiculous movie we just created.

So grab a seat around the fire and play along with us. Who would YOU draft to create the Ultimate ’80s Movie?

Welcome to Camp Wayback.

The movies may be over…but we never really left.

This week, Camp Wayback is cracking open the canisters, cranking up the punk rock, and making one very important discovery: BRAINS!

Mookie, Crawdaddy, and the Big Red Machine head back to 1985 for Return of the Living Dead, the gloriously unhinged horror-comedy that gave us talking zombies, Trioxin 245, one unforgettable cemetery party, and an entirely new reason to be terrified of the words “send more paramedics.” But beneath all the gore, laughs, and Linnea Quigley, is a movie that helped redefine the zombie genre and became one of the most beloved cult classics of the entire decade.

We’re breaking down everything that makes Return of the Living Dead such a perfect slice of ’80s horror—the incredible soundtrack, the punk-rock attitude, the practical effects, the endlessly quotable characters, the surprisingly bleak ending, and why these zombies might still be some of the most terrifying ever put on film.

So barricade the doors, stay away from Uneeda Medical Supply, and whatever you do… DON’T BURN THE BODY.

🔥 Welcome back to Camp Wayback—where the fire is always burning, the movies are always rewinding, and apparently the dead don’t stay dead.